crankcase

English

Etymology

From crank +‎ case.

Noun

crankcase (plural crankcases)

1. The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
   • 1960 January, “The Swindon Type "4" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 41:

     The crankcase itself is in one piece, in the form of a tunnel into which the crankshaft is introduced from one end.

Translations

crankcase

• Arabic: عُلْبَة الْمِرْفَق f (ʕulba(t) al-mirfaq)
• Danish: krumtaphus
• Finnish: kampikammio (fi)
• Greek: στροφαλοθάλαμος (el) m (strofalothálamos)
• Hebrew: בֵּית גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה m (beyt gal arkuba)
• Portuguese: cárter (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: karter ulja m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cárter
• Swedish: vevhus n
• Thai: ห้องข้อเหวี่ยง

References

• “crankcase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.